Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Magnesium (Mg)
Here you can find some great information about the 12th element in the periodic table, "magnesium." Content focuses on magnesium's electrons, where you can find magnesium in nature and in the home, and how magnesium combines with other...
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Calorimetry 1 Enthalpy of Formation of Mg O
In this lab experiment students are asked to determine the standard molar enthalpy of formation of magnesium oxide, MgO. Students are asked to use Hess's Law and the enthalpy changes of several other solution reactions during this...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Chemical and Physical Properties of Magnesium
Presents facts about Magnesium, descriptions of its physical and chemical properties, and examples of its uses.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Combustion or Oxidation
Students burn a magnesium strip to reinforce the concepts of chemical vs. physical changes, reaction types, conservation of mass, formulas and equations, stoichiometry, Lewis structures, and to explore the concept of oxidation/reduction...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Group and Periodic Properties Lab
Students observe and perform experiments with sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulfur ,and phosphorus. The discover trends down groups, across periods, and having to do with the pH of metal oxides vs. nonmetal oxides.